Gallery: A city in the throes of grief after 5 lives taken too soon

Stuart Gradon, Calgary Herald04.16.2014

Erin Windross pauses for a moment at the growing memorial near the scene of a mass homicide, that left five people dead Tuesday, on Butler Cresent in Calgary, Alberta Wednesday, April 16. Windross was friends with Lawrence Hong, on the of victims.

Stuart Gradon
/ Calgary Herald

Students at the Alberta College of Art and Design (ACAD) hug each other for support during an emotional vigil in memory of fellow student Zackariah Rathwell who was one of the victims in Calgary's worst mass murder. Five young people were stabbed to death at a house party early Tuesday morning.Gavin Young
/ Calgary Herald

Students at the Alberta College of Art and Design (ACAD) held an emotional vigil in memory of fellow student Zackariah Rathwell who was one of the victims in Calgary's worst mass murder. Five young people were stabbed to death at a house party early Tuesday morning.Gavin Young
/ Calgary Herald

Calgary's Kaitlyn Harris, left, and Kaitlyn MacArthur comforted each other after they laid flowers and a pair of ballet shoe to the growing memorial on Butler Cresent on April 16, 2014. They were friends with Kaitlin Perras who was one of the five victims.Colleen De Neve
/ Calgary Herald

Students at the Alberta College of Art and Design (ACAD) hug each other for support during an emotional vigil in memory of fellow student Zackariah Rathwell who was one of the victims in Calgary's worst mass murder. Five young people were stabbed to death at a house party early Tuesday morning.Gavin Young
/ Calgary Herald

Friends of Lawrence Hong, one of the five victims, at the memorial near the scene of a mass homicide, that left five people dead Tuesday, on Butler Cresent in Calgary, Alberta Wednesday, April 16.Stuart Gradon
/ Calgary Herald

Two mourners stand next to the growing memorial near the scene of a mass homicide, that left five people dead Tuesday, on Butler Cresent in Calgary, Alberta Wednesday, April 16.Stuart Gradon
/ Calgary Herald

Students at the Alberta College of Art and Design (ACAD) signed notes of condolence at a vigil in memory of fellow student Zackariah Rathwell who was one of the victims in Calgary's worst mass murder. Five young people were stabbed to death at a house party early Tuesday morning.Gavin Young
/ Calgary Herald

Calgary's Kaitlyn Harris and Kaitlyn MacArthur laid flowers and a pair of ballet shoe to the growing memorial on Butler Cresent on April 16. They were friends with Kaitlin Perras who was one of the five victims murdered the day before.Colleen De Neve
/ Calgary Herald

Young adults gather near the scene of the mass murder in Calgary on April 15.Leah Hennel
/ Calgary Herald

An emotional Kaitlyn Harris, left and Kaitlyn MacArthur long-time friends of murder victim Kaitlin Perras visited the memorial at Butler Crescent in Brentwood the day after Calgary's worst mass murder. Five young people were stabbed to death at a house party early Tuesday morning.Gavin Young
/ Calgary Herald

University of Calgary business students dropped off flowers on April 16, 2014 at the growing memorial for the five people who were stabbed to death during a house party Monday.Colleen De Neve
/ Calgary Herald

A snow covered memorial grows on Butler Crescent in Brentwood the day after Calgary's worst mass murder. Five young people were stabbed to death at a house party early Tuesday morning.Gavin Young
/ Calgary Herald

Vanessa Ladoucey adds to a growing memorial near the scene of a mass homicide that left five people dead in northwest Calgary, Alberta Tuesday, April 15. She said she was friends with some of the victims.Stuart Gradon
/ Calgary Herald

A pair of mourners comfort each other during a community gathering at MacEwan Hall on the U of C campus in Calgary on Tuesday April 15.Jenn Pierce
/ Calgary Herald

Saima Jamal, a U of C staff member, breaks down into tears during a community gathering at MacEwan Hall for the fallen victims of the tragic stabbings that took place in Brentwood in Calgary on Tuesday April 15.Jenn Pierce
/ Calgary Herald

Flowers near the scene of a the stabbing murders on Butler Crescent in Calgary April 15.Leah Hennel
/ Calgary Herald

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